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by astrostl 2y ago
Since Catalina the OS itself is in a read-only volume and everything else is separate - by default, respectively "Macintosh HD" and "Data" as exposed in Disk Utility. Strictly speaking, I think programs cannot change t
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by astrostl 2y ago
> GoBack was designed by Wild File, Inc., a company located in Plymouth, Minnesota. The software was shown at COMDEX in November 1998 and released in December 1998. > GHOST (an acronym for general hardware-oriented system transfer), n
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by astrostl 2y ago
> Another practice I’m not hugely fond of is “leveling” > That said, I do believe there are three meaningful levels in management Cool!
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by astrostl 2y ago
I went decades thinking that all prescriptions were imperfect until I started getting age-related presbyopia (reduced close focus abilities) and sought perfect correction or a clear reason that it couldn't happen. The diagnosis: kerato
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by astrostl 2y ago
flatpack | ˈflatˌpak | noun 1 Electronics a package for an integrated circuit consisting of a rectangular sealed unit with a number of horizontal metal pins protruding from its sides.
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by astrostl 2y ago
* Best man pages ever
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by astrostl 2y ago
Best game intro [1] ever IMO. Fun story, compact length, epic soundtrack ("Hell March"). They did that in 1996 and nothing since has even come close for me. Had a ton of fun with the game itself, too. 1: https://www.you
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by astrostl 2y ago
Our latest home has a confusing array of light switches. I picked up a Brother P-touch CUBE label maker (apparently a hit among all sorts of hobbies), and ended up deciding that the best way to go was text labels + color coding to indicate
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by astrostl 2y ago
iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 were released five (5) days ago. You need an iPhone 15 Pro or better for full ApIn support. It's a touch early, friends.
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by astrostl 2y ago
Best user interface for music ever. It was nearly perfect IMO. Still mad too!
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by astrostl 2y ago
Love the idea. Raspberry Pis (even with swap disabled, logs in memory, etc.) really disabused me of the notion of remotely reliable microSD cards on a longish term. I would suggest considering eMMC.
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by astrostl 2y ago
I punted on it almost immediately because I hated the controls.
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by astrostl 2y ago
An Apollo Automation MTR-1 Multi-Target Radar Multisensor. Starts at $36.99 without doodads. Finding and using it and other devices has sent me all the way down the smart home rabbit hole (Homebridge and Home Assistant running on a Beelink
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by astrostl 2y ago
> • regarded with great respect and reverence by a particular religion, group, or individual: an animal sacred to Mexican culture.
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by astrostl 2y ago
I'm bumping from a still-excellent M1 MAX / 64GB to M4 MAX / 128GB, mostly for local GenAI. It gives me some other uplift and also enables me to sell this system while it's still attractive. I'm able to exhaust loca
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by astrostl 2y ago
It's pretty bad. Air: the originals, still rather good, just reinforce the fragile temples Air 2: the current standard, pile of minor upgrades and higher durability Air 2 Pro: same as the Air 2 with an electronic dimming option for the
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by astrostl 2y ago
Still works with a USB-C computer, or tablet, or Xreal's own Beam Pro. I'm sticking with my 13 Mini as a phone but still happy to travel with Xreal Air glasses.
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by astrostl 2y ago
Yes, exactly, thank you! I have a Tidbyt that I enjoy but it's pricy and has a subscription local API. I thought the thing in the OP might be a discount smart home alternative and was hoping to find exactly this kind of alternative rec
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by astrostl 2y ago
> a block universe I first encountered this theory and the related "eternalism" philosophy via Alan Moore [1] (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, From Hell, etc.). Watchme
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by astrostl 2y ago
This also worked in the USA. By the 1990s most arcades operated on proprietary tokens rather than coin currency. Many had skill-gambling machines that had sliding rows covered in tokens, that you would try to dislodge with your own tokens a
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by astrostl 2y ago
Def needs a calculator if they intend to stay with this model at all IMO.
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by astrostl 2y ago
Thanks so much for sharing this! I had no idea non-HEADSET stuff had evolved this much. Just picked up a pair after doing a bit more research.
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by astrostl 2y ago
The example images all have prominent bokeh (blur from out of focus areas). I wonder if it works on images with narrow apertures or focus stacking where the entire image is in focus.
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by astrostl 2y ago
I feel like a related motion could have a transformative effect on how individuals approach and societies react to "ownership" of financed things (e.g., cars and homes).
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by astrostl 2y ago
More like owning an identity or likeness, which is a fundamental basis of many fraud cases. It seems that Jeff Geerling is a resident of Missouri which also has Supreme Court precedent to test for "Right of Publicity" [1]: "
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by astrostl 2y ago
Things I seek in an image format: (1) compatibility (2) features WebP still seems far behind on (1) to me so I don't care about the rest. I hope it gets there, though, because folks like this seem pretty enthusiastic about (2).
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by astrostl 2y ago
I use a Beelink N100 as a local Docker Compose host for various doodads, inc. and esp. smart home software. I am blown away by what a high-quality value it is. My only complaint is that it defaults to stay off after a power loss, and the se
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by astrostl 2y ago
Kagi's Quick Answer [1] feature is great IME. The citations are the thing. 1: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/ai/quick-answer.html
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by astrostl 2y ago
The universe is not believed to have a center.
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by astrostl 2y ago
I wish the Internet Archive would split itself into two entities: one that simply archives web sites, and the other that does everything else (e.g., edgy IP testing of ebooks and video games). That way if the "other" entity gets s

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